Playing for hours just to realize you are actually an npc and your ai companion is the main hero

@Marqui91

4 жыл бұрын

Banner saga critique please

@UncleBourban

3 жыл бұрын

That’s just the ending of Witcher 3

@thekxckup3854

2 жыл бұрын

@@UncleBourban ?

@yoel9396

Жыл бұрын

@@thekxckup3854 ciri is a textbook hero in the witcher 3, you spend most of the game searching for her but the endgame mostly revolves around her

@Visual_Writer

8 ай бұрын

😂

What I like about Divinity is how accommodating it is to your attempts to break it. In other words the "third options" that you wouldnt be able to do in normal rpgs are often fully valid alternate routes to your objective in divinity For example: The hot/cold puzzle--- if you have a marksman with tactical retreat or a mystic with high enough telekinesis [using the little pyramid items], or a wizard with teleportation, you can get into the arena with enough slack to teleport yourself to the end of the puzzle area without being vaporized by the trap, effectively side stepping the whole thing. 3 different options, none of which are solving the puzzle as intended. I love this series

I completely agree. I enjoyed how the game started, then you go to the inn, get teleported to the end of time, and it becomes this “end of the world” scenario that seemed sudden and forced. I would have preferred something more with a more gradual build up.

You're good, really good. You write well and you express yourself compellingly.

@NeverKnowsBest

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@vikajorjadze8968

3 жыл бұрын

@@NeverKnowsBest Bonus points for referencing Space Odyssey

I want to encourage you to keep making videos. One day you'll catch a break and start getting popular so just keep at it. I really like what I've seen from you already.

@NeverKnowsBest

5 жыл бұрын

thanks, i appreciate the support

@notsure5840

5 жыл бұрын

yea, one day day you'll be nothing like the scrub you are today :)

@getsmack

3 жыл бұрын

You were right.

@flaqko5686

3 жыл бұрын

How many subs did you have when you made this comment

@gkdunch

2 жыл бұрын

damn, mans saw the future

The tactical camera mode prevent missclicks. You can set the AI to always agree with you in dialogue.

@antivist1481

3 жыл бұрын

This should be stickied.

I agree with a lot of your assessment. I like the combat and creative problem solving mechanics, but as far as the story. I really enjoyed chapter 1 where you're just investigating a murder, but after than when it becomes this save the world epic I really had to force myself to get through it. and every time I had to return to the "end of time" for exposition dump it was such a drudge .

@damianziokowski8421

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I'm also so tired of saving the world storylines. When I first started playing this game I was really excited to be dealing with a murder investigation, a siege by orcs and an undead infestation. And then I got teleportem to the god awful endod time or whatever and exposition was dumped on me. Turns out my characters are special and I AM going to be saving the world after all. I sighed loudly, my disappointment immeasurable. I didnt get to finish cyseal, because my laptop is nearly 10 years old and kept overheating from the strain of the game. Is the rest of the story good, deapite the world saving bullshit?

@andytenshi

4 жыл бұрын

@@damianziokowski8421 The game mechanics are what kept me going. I honestly did try to immerse myself in the story, listened to all the dialogue did all the sidequests I found etc. but in the end specifically when I had to return to the end of time for what I referred to as a lore dump I never looked forward to it, as it was a slog. yet I did make it to the end and overall enjoyed the game as a whole. I would say divinity 2 has much better writing. It also does kinda turn into a save the world story yet again, but the way its told is much more engaging.

@maxmustermann-zx9yq

2 жыл бұрын

classic fantasy trope, same in drakensang (you wanna visit an old friend -> he's dead -> solve the crime -> suddenly an oracle tells you your the chosen one and while there's 4 chapters with grounded stories you still end up saving the world) on the other hand drakensang 2: you finish your education -> get mixed up in a conspiracy -> discover a secessionist plot and end up slaying 2 of the major players in it (you dont take care of the whole thing and 2 important conspirators get away, emphazing you being just 4 alneit important gears in a big machine)

Just saying what everyone else is. Keep doing reviews, you’re really good at this.

@NeverKnowsBest

5 жыл бұрын

thanks

To recruit Jahan leave everyone downstairs except your main. Bit of a pain but it works. Works for some dialog stuff too, leave your party off in the distance so just one character initiates the dialog and if a fight erupts run everyone else up to the fight.

@alexoelkers2292

3 жыл бұрын

or just select "NO AI" when you begin the game and then you won't have any one question your choices.

Such a good video essay on Divinity Original Sin! I only played D:IS single player, and now I want to go back through it with another player to see how it changes the experience. I'm glad I found this channel. Definitely going to work my way through your other videos.

I tried to play this game but the beginning part was insanely overwhelming, there is a lot to absorb and keep track of at the town right off the bat.

@omgstopturd6566

4 жыл бұрын

I'm with you there. This is a game that felt so strange to me. But it eventually managed to click for me during this covid lockup. Now I'm 100 hours into the second one. Keep trying man!

@omgstopturd6566

3 жыл бұрын

@Sarincrow Lol, I spent months calling it that and just now realized it's covid wow. I'm an idiot

@DannyMexen9

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. So I slogged through it and I'm loving it. Literally gate keeping the game's beginning has.

@TaigaGaoo

3 жыл бұрын

Tried to play the game 3 times now and 2 times the sequel. There's just something that pushes me away. It's a combination of being way to open, as in, you have a general objective, but the game doesn't really tell you much about it, so at the start you can legitimately wander around for hours not knowing if you are making actual progress, if you are making a main or side quest and stuff like that. The other thing being that the combat, at least from my experience, relies massively on the use of the environment. Now, I like when games allows you to make use of the environment, but in Divinity it feels you are forced to in order to make encounters manageable. It doesn't feel like "Well, you could use the environment" but rather "Use it or die" and that just isn't fun in my opinion. Specially since I like to play as melee characters, which means if I electrify/burn/poison/etc around the enemies, then my character is just going to sit there or go in and share the same fate as the enemies. I dunno, maybe it gets better later on, but I just have never managed to put more than 10 hours into either of them. The writing also seems to be really "whacky and goofy" just for the sake of it. I don't mind jokes and light moments, but, at least the first game, felt more like a parody than anything, specially the whole being transported into another dimension out of nowhere because "so whacky, betcha didn't expect that!" - "Well.. no.. I didn't expect it.. because this while time I thought I was going to solve a murder mystery, not be turned into the chosen one and save the world". Honestly, think that's what pushed me away the most. The whacky almost parody like tone of the games.

@DannyMexen9

3 жыл бұрын

@@TaigaGaoo For me, I found that if I stick to one area, my experience was much better. As a first timer, I thought I could just yonder but I found the literal gatekeeping kept me focused. By doing the quests in a town, you become more familiar with map and this keeps the game more grounded. Rinse and repeat.

The depth and breadth of your work is really impressive, I can only imagine how much work goes into each of your videos.

Heh I may have cheesed Bracus Rex to the point of making him look like a chump. Because he melted my team at the start with the firestorm thing, I decided "screw it, let's do something dumb and fun." and had Wolgraff, who had a ton of telekinesis run out and collect every box possible from Cyseal. Orginally I also grabbed a ton of Oil Barrels and sent them to my main tank but quickly learned that fire does nothing bad to Brac. So I ran around the room, locking off the pathing of each boss spawn while my other character simply held conversation. In the end, I made a death trap without realizing it for Braccus by trapping him at the spawn location of The-Ghoul-That-Used-To-Watch-The-Lighthouse with vases and let the poison spawn on the floor kill him while I focused down the Twins and the Baron- but separately via the box walls. All I needed was the pyramids, about 30 boxes sent to my strongest character to hold, teleport, and patience. Within 13 turns Braccus was on half health, 2 of the 3 spawns were dead and I had my archer pick away at him with her poison crossbow.

I love your videos brother! You're really great at this and give the best critiques. I really look forward to seeing more new content from you!

I played it in co-op a few years ago with my partner and we absolutely loved it. However, with regards to the story, we somehow managed to go almost right to the end of the story without revisiting the end of time area. When we couldn't make any more progress we remembered it existed, and when we arrived there we got about a 45-minute sequence of nothing other than information and story dumping. We've started the second, hopefully the story will be more closely interlinked this time to avoid the weird distance there.

@TheMarcHicks

3 жыл бұрын

LOL, something similar happened to me. I was about to finish Hunters Edge, & needed the whisky aged. It was my first return to the End of Time. Had loads of catching up to do before I could complete the quest 😆.

@3toadbroth

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMarcHicks Every time you use a Bloodstone, a new room at the End of Time and sometimes a new part of the tapestry is revealed (cut-scenes). So if you haven't gone back to the End of Time after collecting many Blood Stones, this will happen.

I haven't played any of the new ones, but back in the day, Divine Divinity was an awesome CRPG. It was more of an open world, non-linear thing.

What i like about these games is the striking contrast of humor and dark themes. Really makes it feel like a journey at the end, when you're forcing a laugh in a grim situation.

@rsk-1337

3 жыл бұрын

I’m working my way thru dos1 ee and that’s one of my biggest criticisms. The tone shifts from insanely lighthearded to serious and then back. Also I’m only 15-20 hours in but I can already tell how incredibly boring the main story is and how lifeless the player characters are. The writing is great in a few spots but mostly is really bad. All that being said, I’ve been having a blast be ause of how deep and interactive the combat is. So coming from bioware RPGs the writing and almost total lack of companions is way worse but the combat and general feel is amazing. A super mixed bag

@vangoghsseveredear

Жыл бұрын

@R same. Super serious plot, but none of the characters take it seriously. It makes it hard for me to take seriously. If this is a world ending thing, why are you jovial and laughing? It made me much less interested in the plot, tbh. Definitely the biggest complaint I have in an otherwise amazing game series (also an issue in 2)

Your videos are really well made. You really must put a lot of effort in the making of them and it shows. That along with your soothing voice really makes for great content. Keep up the good work my dude.

It's intresting comparing Original sin 1 and 2 puts some of the complaints into perspective. I'd say personally I prefer loot upgrades being small with big upgrades being rare. In 2 where every piece of loot often is a big upgrade it leaves epics or legendaries to feel unimpressive as they will be replaced in only a level or two. And it also widens the gap in strength between each level meaning enemies only 2-3 levels higher can feel like unreachable gods forcing the game to be played even more linear.

@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065

4 жыл бұрын

Epics and legendaries are still more valuable because they give you more perks like strength, intelligence, wits... But normal loot doesn't, i often choose the perks over the armor upgrade, I won't sacrifice +3 strength to get 50 armor.

You are one of the best users out there - always follow your content with great attention. Keep them coming

You deserve way more views an your videos, your way of speaking is awesome and even though I might not agree with all of your points, its entertaining to hear them and you present them well. Keep it up.

great video! Hope to see D: OS 2 next!

This video needs more credit for the awesome moustaches on the characters. Fantastic work :-) I'm just coming to D:OS now, and am enjoying a lot. The main issues I have is (a) abilities/traits/skills are extremely various, and all available - and there is very limited ability to respec if you get it wrong (b) I spend a lot of time micromanaging gear, and trying to work out what skill books I need. It's actually getting quite painful.

Solid review with clear and to the point pros and cons. Keep up the good work! Really enjoyed the video and sarcasm xD

I think i have only one issue with the game over all, and that is its occasional lack of direction in some quests and puzzles. It appears the game is trying to create a sort of arbitrary difficulty in some ways that dont befit the game as a whole by leaving players without any real means of logical progression. For instance i have played for over 20 hours, scoured almost every inch of cyseal, yet cant find out any means of completing the murder mystery mission, and in turn the game has given no hints as to what to do in order to further this goal. Now, im sure I'll figure it out, but only because i know eventually ill probably stumble into the answer, not because i was given the opportunity to take clues and hints that would lead me to a conclusive answer to this mystery. Another good example is the black cove area, in which there are two mini puzzles, both are find the switch based. The first, being that you need to find two switches that open a trap door, the problem for me was finding the actual door itself, which took me almost 30 min of scouring to do. The second was the skull door puzzle which in my opinion is one of the worst puzzles ive ever seen, as it requires no skill, no means of logic, just scouring the area for more switches and trial and error. I can not express how annoying this puzzle was, it took me out of the experience in a way i wasnt expecting, because usually the game is wepl organized and its puzzles seem to hold to a sense of logic. However, this problem is rare enough that it doesnt hinder the game too much, but also occurs often enough that i have felt it necessary to keep an internet tab with a walk-through handy in case the game decides to simply leave me without a clue what to do and stuck in a puzzle that feels like its meant to annoy me more than anything else, and that is a shame. Edit, well... That and the end of time plot, which is just really dumb. Honestly i put the game down the first time i tried to play it because of how out of place and dumb it felt to me. I didnt want to be some chosen one in a grand journey, i wanted to continue on mu bounty hunting ranger quest to help the city under siege in a fantastic yet grounded journey.

@n64isit45

5 жыл бұрын

Preach brother

@zzxp1

4 жыл бұрын

Really? I never had any problem with that mission and actually liked exploring all of the city investigating, but I wil agree that some of the puzzles make no goddamn sense. As for the story saddly it never hooked me in but at least appreciated that dialogs were generally short and to the point unlike Pillars of Eternity that for some reason feels the need to describe with three pages of text how a farmer plays with his beard.

@thebanished87

4 жыл бұрын

I got so annoyed with the murder quest I just looked it up on the wiki. The game has a shit way of laying out quests to make it even more confusing. I also found it kinda lame I had to break in and steal items( me playing a lawful character that does everything by the books) given you were tasked with an investigation by the Captain or whatever to interrogate and request access to houses to search.

@LordTactusMe

4 жыл бұрын

Expecting a grounded journey from a game called DIVINITY is kind of a stretch tbh

@IamHat

4 жыл бұрын

@@thebanished87 same here! I explored and talked to every named NPC and got to the point where I had to prove esmeralda had something to do with the murder. went upstairs and unlocked the backroom on the first floor. I found the book and esmeralda said it was her dead husbands. I literally could not see the cellar door in the back room until I turned on the highlight feature. Then I found the bloody knife and I thought "well now I've got her" went back to her, guess what? The knife is her dead husbands. I'm like I know he was magically killed but that was the only way for her to call out the apprentice as a suspect and also progress the damn game. Also who the fuck checks bookshelves? They more often than not have nothing in them so you ignore them. I'd expect a diary to be in a locked chest or in a desk or hidden behind a book case. Girl had it sitting on a shelf.

I just finished the game my self and everything you say regarding the overall story: pace of the early game (especially with the murder mystery side quests etc), the amount of exposition for the main narrative, the over relied on tropes, you're actually spot on not too harsh at all. Its not bad, its just too bland and mostly a bare skeleton. Honestly as a veteran player who has been there done that, I just wanted to cast meteor storm as much as possible. Good game though.

Love your vids man. Deep critiques on the best rpgs; it’s like this channel was made specifically for me hahaha

man that music getting me in the feels in 2020

Brilliant i am enthralled. This is my first top down camera type game and this helps a lot. Thanking you kindly

Please keep doing more if these, hopefully you will get more views soon. Rather enjoyable. Remembers me of Josey ander and Matt Marthus, Perhaps Robs dungeon too.

Sven's story on how he continued to follow his passions, despite so many hurdles and setbacks, is the backdrop that I find most compelling and worthy of story, even more so than all the great games they make now or will in the future, Ravi Peiris M.D.

Interesting, how you opened up the video. And now, we expecting Baldur's Gate 3 from Larian, probably one of the biggest tactical RPG's in recent years after Divinity 2. Thanks for the great critique.

I loved this game for all of its...um... "sins", it's one of the few games I remember everything about. The music, especially was very wonderful. Also who is Vumli, I never found him... lol @ HAL btw :)

just now finished DoS1, and you're 100% spot, though I'd like to add, not only are the animations slow, but there is a 2-4 second delay when an animation finishes before you can before any action even with a different character, doesn't sound like much until you heal the whole squad at the end of a fight, or try to keep a perception spell going. Haven't played DoS2 yet, i hope this and everything else you raised has been addressed

I'm still having trouble getting around the combat system and leveling up... I just don't find it that intuitive. Also the writing and art style is kinda weird. At least in the first city which is being threatened by undead and orc raids with all it surrounding areas crawling with them. But the people in the city are very happy and jolly ... it really breaks my immersion. Not sure if I wanna continue playing it... I know you have your issues with pillars of eternity but when it comes to writing, Obsidian did it way better.

@DuckieMcduck

4 жыл бұрын

It's intuitive if you are adept at turn based games. The writing is indeed all over the place, it's a staple of the studio at this point.

@vancefalls4311

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah DOS is one of my favorite games of all time and I would give the story like a C+. And the combat becomes way better after the early game if you stick with it. I can't blame you for dropping though, it is kind of sloggy.

@malakatan3235

4 жыл бұрын

I thought only me thinking the story have problems, because it score almost excellent by many reviewers

@DuckieMcduck

4 жыл бұрын

@@malakatan3235 It took me 2 years to beat that game I doubt most of them ever finished it lmfao

@BimpytheWimpyShrimpy

4 жыл бұрын

@@DuckieMcduck And to think, the studio that can't do world-building, story, immersion and tone properly is now at the helm of BG3...

Man pretty good video, pretty insightful, also the set piece with Hal, hilarious.

25:59 A buddy detective RPG about investigating a murder, you say...

@mattes939

3 жыл бұрын

Well, Disco Elysium is awesome.

A friend and I played through the entire game 3 times together, and had a lot of fun. We ended up having an easy time finishing it on tactician mode by farming some respawning enemies from a warlock somewhere.

Picked this up today. It scratches an itch I’ve had for so long. Anybody play Nox?

@croikie19841

5 жыл бұрын

Sure did. Good comparison.

@thebanished87

4 жыл бұрын

nox was very fun. stupid story but the game play was fast and exciting to keep you pumped.

Now, nearly five years later, were the glitches of the gameplay fixed?

You have a real way with words! My main concern with what you've said is that the games makes you powerful too quickly. Usually when a game does that I get bored and start a new character, rinse and repeat without ever finishing the game without forcing myself to get through the game as quickly as possible to finish it. Right now it costs about the price of a fast food meal so I think I'll pick it up regardless. I hope you critique a dark souls game to give another perspective to Anderson and Matosis. Keep at it.

@NeverKnowsBest

5 жыл бұрын

"I hope you critique a dark souls game to give another perspective to Anderson and Matosis." Aw, that's a nice compliment. Thanks.

It‘s great to see that Fitz‘s Chess review made channels like this possible.

@JuanAMatos-zx4ub

3 жыл бұрын

He did a Fritz review?

having more than 500 hours in this game, I agree with everything you say. There is a mod called xc_encounters that solves the difficulty problem by providing a superhard mode (without permadeath). But in the end, you play it for the combat, not the story. maybe the little stories.

Damn why have I not had this appear on my feed.. I think theres a US vs UK bias going on.. Goddam awesome as usual dude, sorry I haven't seen it sooner.

I've had the misclick issue so many times i've lost count. Also the Loot is just bad. I found a good sword then died and opened the chest again for a different item... WTF.. The difficulty balance early on is insane, like if you're 1 level below the thing you're attacking they get like double the AP you do and do essentially double the damage... Why? Same with % chances, i've seen my characters fail more often than not in certain instances and sometimes i've had to restart fights based on 1 missed action.

@geoffdb8118

3 жыл бұрын

The game is so difficult.. almost every fight for me needs to be move perfect to succeed.. one bad move or inoptimal tactic and game over

Bracuss Rex after fighting hordes of undead a couple of fire guys was such a huge jump because he had the first turn I didn't know how to space out my party when the battle starts and he chose to talk to my AI partner who was a summoner first. Which means that if they went down before they summoned anything I lost more than just a quarter of my party.

So many aspects of the game are tedious and it makes the good parts inaccessible or infrequent.

The Knight's Tomb puzzle hot/cold puzzle is easy. If you have high perception or a perception spell you can see the path to follow.

started loving this game, and by the final third of the game i started to hate it..true story, cause puzzles

@blackjack19100

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Thorton Right, felted kinda linear too

Cool, that's actually such a clear analysis

you make great videos. subscribed immediatly

Murphy is my favorite thing about the entire game.

I really liked the story until the end of hiberheim + maybe the tenebrium mine. It fell short for me after that except for Wolgraff + Arhu

PoE, D: OS, Bards Tale 4 & Wasteland 3 are amongst some of my all-time favourite games, especially for an old CRPG nut like me :).

@HolmgangMMA

3 жыл бұрын

would you say D:OS1 is worth playing after having played D:OS2?

I'm one of those people who can play through mediocre gameplay if I like the writing well enough. The reverse doesn't work for me, though; I can't suffer through bad writing and a nonsensical story, simply because the combat system is good. That's why I didn't manage to finish either of these games. The more I played, the more annoyed I became with the game's writing, and eventually I had to give up. Had I not played with friends, I probably wouldn't have stuck around for more than a couple of hours for either game.

@MjSchreiber806

4 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with the writing?

@BrokeNSings

4 жыл бұрын

Then you don't like videogames. Sorry.

@kauswekazilimani3736

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrokeNSings or they play video games for different reasons?

That build your own rpg with divinity engine thing. Is it still up?

I agree. I really struggled at the beginning with the pacing and even though it picked up I eventually dropped it. Will go to 2 and maybe come back, maybe not.

@sven1161

11 ай бұрын

Just play 2.

Keep making these.

I couldn't find the PDF that Larian posted a couple of years ago, but according to their survey only a minority of their audience cared for co-op. The part about AI interfering is something that I think was added later with patches, because initially you just had to choose for both characters which felt like some kind of schizophrenia.

@TheMarcHicks

3 жыл бұрын

I bought the game earlier this year, & you can still choose to control both companions.

One of the great things about original sin is this guy said that he found telekinesis to be a waste , when I would never leave home without it and when used effectively can be OP

@davidhujik6078

4 жыл бұрын

How much ap?

@derekofbaltimore

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidhujik6078 telekinesis only uses 2 ap in battle but free outside of battle so you can set things up (barricades, pinch points, cages, etc) before you initiate

Divinity Original Sin was almost finished when they launched the kickstarter. They used the raised cash for some extra content but mostly for bug fixes and fine tuning.

Man, your reviews are amazing. Remembers me a lot of Joseph Anderson’s. Keep it up brother.

You can send your companion downstairs and talk to the one you are trying to recruit if they don't like each other.😊

I play this game co op with a friend and its an absolute blast

Really good critics about the game. Good job man. The game is really good. Larian definetely redefined the genre. But yes the game has some really obvious problems. For a guy like me, who discovered these 2 gems from Larian in covid days, both game really worth the discounted price. I mean they might be the best money/hour spent on Steam. Both games took above 100 hours each and they offer really high replayability. But for me DOS2 was like 4-5 times better game than DOSEE. I mean the first game is still good; but second game is a masterpiece. It is definetely the best crpg ever created. They improved and mastered every mechanic they had invented in the first game. The environmental interactivity is so much better, characters are much more alive and story is definetely more interesting. I really look forward to BG3 release and im waiting for the full release :)

Good content, subscribed 😁

Would you people recommend this more or pillars of eternity?

@jiggycalzone8585

4 жыл бұрын

I dont know NKB's opinion but I've played both and I find divinity far more enjoyable. But I like slower paced, tactical rpgs with lots of options for customization If you played a lot of diablo back in the day you'd probably dig PoE, its far quicker paced and more traditional elemental rock paper scissors-y

All the divinity games are great my fav is the first divine divinity.

ANOTHER GOOD JOB, CONGRATZ^^

Good production value. Really enjoying your videos. Felt like you were getting a little nit picky on this game tho to be edgy. But for sure many of the criticisms are legit

I've put over 100 hours into this game and I agree with almost all of your criticisms. Very good game that is not for everyone and requires a tremendous amount of patience.

Thank gods old and new for Larian.

There no "writers" in this game. It was just one guy. The follow up game had some high profile writers

@alexoelkers2292

3 жыл бұрын

well... there was one head writer but there was a small team in charge of the actual story.

I really enjoyed D:OS. Though my experience was somewhat hampered by the fact that my 'main' character was pretty gimped by my not understanding the systems fully. I didn't really realise what a dumpster-fire he was until about 12-15hours in. I don't have huge amounts of time for gaming (I've still not finished Persona 5 for example, and I started it over a year ago) so I didn't really have time to replay that 'lost' time. Still, got it finished in the end. Only thing I'm not a proper fan of is the art style. A bit too Pathfinder-esq for me. You're pretty spot on with the story critique also. I can't really remember much of the plot, if any. Though I loved the end of time, as a concept if nothing else.

@zzxp1

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't there a way to relocate attributes and skill points on the end of time?

@blastvader

4 жыл бұрын

@@zzxp1 you can I believe (using a blood stone) but you also lose all skills learned and have to relearn them. It's also a waste of a blood stone.

great vids bossman

This game has the most enjoyable combat of any RPG I've ever played. Dos 2 comes close but magic armor kills some of the strategy.

Not sure what I did wrong, but Bracchus Rex managed to One Shot Kill my entire party!

Good job as always

@NeverKnowsBest

5 жыл бұрын

thanks

25:59 man I sure wish there was a game like that out there

@benl2140

3 жыл бұрын

Well, unless I missed something pretty big, there aren't any cults in Disco Elysium, but otherwise it fits that description pretty well.

To be fair, the issues you mention with Co-op could definitely apply to Table-top roleplaying. I have had several instances where we had to ask someone to leave a group, because they were rule-rapists who refused to take the game seriously.

Nice video man!

@NeverKnowsBest

5 жыл бұрын

thanks, glad you like it

I really like Divinity Original Sin....but I agree with you in all the negative parts...except the dificulty....Im playing in tactician and is hard as heck....I actually got into a wall and stopped playing because of that...

Another great review and it is really nice that you write in parts about the industry that produced D:OS I hope you are also going to review D:OS2 now that you have covered the first one already. (oh also that comedy part with hal9000 and that BvS interview was hilarious) Regarding the game I had a similar experience, I liked the combat and world interactivity a lot and local coop is a hell of a lot fun but in the end the story was so jarring that we dropped the game after about 35h but it is not that I think bad of it because of it. I mean providing 35h of pretty good content is more than enough it's too bad that it dragged towards the end tho. Did you perchance also play Divinity ego draconis 2? It is also from larian as far as I know and it was pretty good suffers from similar problems BUT the story has way less downtime and goes along in a much more bearable pace (in terms of writing its not one bit better tho) the gameplay was also fast and while not nearly as deep and at least 2 times as broken it was really fun the side quests were also a blast just like most dialogue in the game. I find it quite sad that it is somewhat of a lost gem, has probably to do with the rather slow tutorial area.....oh you can turn into a dragon later on Anyway, have a nice day and I will be looking forward to more great content.

@NeverKnowsBest

5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, good to hear from you. I am hoping to cover original sin 2. Not right away as its a busy time of year, but i'd like to get it done in January if possible, while my original sin 1 playthrough is still fresh in my mind. I haven't played divinity ego draconis 2. I've only played a bit of divine divinity, and original sin 1+2. I wouldn't mind playing ego draconis, but i also have way too many games i want to play already so i'm not sure if that will ever happen.

@peddazz2365

5 жыл бұрын

@@NeverKnowsBest Well I know that feeling in both regards that is. Well, a Merry Christmas to you then.

Can somebody tell me please the RPG they show, the one after Witcher? That looks nice also

@jesperburns

4 жыл бұрын

Timestamp would be helpful.

@fredericbouchardwong4596

4 жыл бұрын

@@jesperburns It's at 3:58

@jackdonahue7287

4 жыл бұрын

That's Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire

Disagree on a few points - like the rock/paper/scissors was absolutely brilliant, and some story elements were great although it could've had a stronger finish - but agree on a lot of other points and you make them hilariously! Kickstarter has brought us so many cool things and its competition with publishers is why I think we're headed into a new golden age of gaming. FTL, Pathfinder, Sunless Skies, Banner Saga, Divinity OS, Battletech (solid game although the SJW politics injection near ruined it), Everspace, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Halcyon 6, Hollow Knight, Darkest Dungeon, Hand of Fate, Dex... so many unique experiences we would never have had otherwise.

40 hours in after beating DOS2 and BG3, and I’m finding this painful.

It's so true!! I restarted the game and put the companion as loyal or NO AI. I was swearing a lot when I lost the mini game and the companion made the shit choice.

The whole AI bit had me in stitches! 😂 Subbed.

@skypekai

4 жыл бұрын

It was cringy af tbh

Cannot get over how atrocious the start of this game is. I tried slogging through it. No. It's too bogged down in dialogue that isn't a fraction as witty as it thinks it is. If you want a combat encounter, you'll only find find yourself overwhelmed by high numbers of enemies and/or overleveled ones. This is a fatal flaw in Original Sin. There's no overlooking it.

Divinity Original Sin and Divinity Original Sin 2 are the only two proper same-system co-op RPG titles that I know of. Nothing else really comes close. It has a good turn-based, tactical combat system fitting for the genre and the game doesn't force you to one screen. Though the Switch version lacks the same-system co-op, which makes it in my opinion borderline a waste of money, all other versions have it and it's implemented very well. The game does crash sometimes, autosaving is shit so you have to manually save often after doing anything significant, and there are a few bugs, but it's mostly a very good experience especially if you have someone to play with. Not to say it's not a good title on its own, I played through it the first time on my own because my brother and I couldn't really schedule around it very well for a while, but it's so much more fun with someone else to play with. I *seriously* appreciate how the splitscreen works. You aren't stuck in the same area, you aren't forced to interact with the same NPCs at the same time, you can move around and explore like your own independent character as much as you like and meet back up later. It's a fantastic system and I wish more developers would implement things like this in their games. They put triple A publishers to shame with this same-system co-op system. They put triple A publishers to shame with this co-op system, *period.*

I completely understand your criticisms. Most all of them have valid points. Yet, because I love this game, I thought your criticism was too harsh. Yes, there is a huge plothole in the middle of the Story when the big "reveal" occurs. But, I did not think the whole story was bad. With the exception of the Big "Reveal", I thought the stories before and after it were good.

@twobei

5 жыл бұрын

The part I thought was the most tedious was definetly the beginning of the Immaculate storyline where you go to that other dimension for the first time. The amount of Immaculate encounters got boring rather quickly, though I remember my buddy and I loving every bit of Cyseal and everything in the late game, or, in short, literally everything outside of that.

I feel like every turn-based RPG should have a undo button for combat mistakes! Miss clicking is unfortunately quite common!

@utisti4976

4 жыл бұрын

But then combat would be wayyyy too easy.. :/

@3toadbroth

2 жыл бұрын

@@utisti4976 You can already save the game in combat, so you can already cheese if you really want to. You can save and reload as much as you want. You can reload the game in combat 10 times until your charm arrow lands.

Coop is good for a second playthrough tbh

Murphy is cool. I mean AWESOME!

star citizen is a joke that never gets old

I just bought Pillars 2. And it's great!

I find the 1st DOS game fun and charming, if imbalanced and with a not very interesting world and characters. The game really shines in combat, but it can be too easy once you know what is broken. The 2nd game eclipses the first in every possible way, probably my favorite story-based RPG after Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age Origins.

@whitecocksmatter

Жыл бұрын

Mass Effect 2 has no real story, and the one it has is a rip-off of Star Trek Voyager Elite Force (2000).

Some quest are to difficult and that cost too much time for the rest it is a great game .

@blackjack19100

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Alex Right, because of those shitty puzzles you cant solve without walktrough

Not in the mood for cheese?

@geoffdb8118

4 жыл бұрын

That excuse has more holes than a wheel of this fine gorgombert

@tyleramon8371

4 жыл бұрын

^ this guy knows

I think with PoE it had some great dungeon crawler moments in endless dungeons and PnP feel in scripted events using tools to overcome obstacles and get loot. It also had beautiful graphics which I loved about it and the voice acting and Eder was brillant. But there was no proper healing and the fire arms took it away from a more traditionally D&D feel which some gamers were probably looking for. The plot was a bit bizarre, I thought. So PoE2 kind of flopped in the follow up and Divinity which steered closer to the BG path did well.